Alan Tunkel

Alan has a traditional chancery practice and specialises in both litigation and non-contentious work with a bias towards property-related matters.

He is frequently consulted as a ‘trouble-shooter’ by conveyancing solicitors when problems arise in apparently non-contentious matters.

He is widely instructed in all types of property litigation, including contract and conveyancing disputes, rent reviews, lease renewals, dilapidations and leasehold enfranchisement.

Alan also acts in property-related professional negligence claims.

Allied to his property work, Alan has a significant practice in building construction disputes, pursuing them by litigation, arbitration or mediation, as appropriate.

His other main areas of work are will and probate disputes, Inheritance Act claims and problems in private or charitable trusts.

He has acted in a number of cases where a former cohabitee is claiming a substantial share of their home by way of constructive trust.

Alan is instructed directly by accountants, for example in relation to back-duty claims and the preparation of suppression reports and on issues arising from personal or corporate insolvency.

Professional reputation

Alan is recommended as a senior junior, a tenacious litigator and as being well versed in all aspects of property law.

Clients

Alan’s major corporate clients include:

A2 Housing Association Limited

Acton Housing Association Limited

Beckbridge Developments Limited

Buxton Group of Companies

Circle Thirty Three Housing Trust

City & Country Residential Limited

Croft Homes Limited

Dabora Conway Limited

East Thames Housing Association

Everest Limited

G15 Group

Gallions Housing Association Limited

Genesis Housing Group Limited

Goldcore Properties Limited

Grayshott & District Housing Association

Higgins Homes PLC

High Estates Limited

Hyde Housing Association Limited

Keter (UK) Limited

Landau Investments (1978) Limited

London & Quadrant Housing Trust Limited

London Borough of Lambeth

London Borough of Waltham Forest

Mean Fiddler Holdings Limited

Melbury Court RTM Company Limited

Muir Group Housing Association Limited

Museums & Galleries Marketing Limited

New Islington and Hackney Housing Association

Orchart Hill Limited

Orchart Road Reversions Limited

Paddington Churches Housing Association

Richmond Housing Partnership Limited

Rolly Limited

Rotherham Athletic Company Limited

Roxstan Limited

Rutland Corporation Sociedad Anonima

SCD Worthing Limited

Serco Group PLC

Silverpearl Properties Limited

Structadene Group

Style Properties Limited

Sun Alliance Pensions Limited

Telebank Limited

Thames Valley Housing Association Limited

Threshold Housing Limited

The Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute

The Vaughan Catholic Club

The Wadenhoe Trust

Tradeamp Limited

Turnhold Properties PLC

United Women's Homes Association Limited

University of Essex

Westminster City Council

Weston Homes PLC

Woodberry Group Limited

Notable recent cases

Alan’s recent cases include:

Williams v Wilmot (LTL 19/6/2012): The Court inferred that a testator lacked testamentary capacity notwithstanding the presence of a contemporaneous medical report which opined that the testator had mental capacity to make a will.